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Mississippi HBCU Professor's AI 'Trap' Catches Nearly Entire Class Submitting Chatbot-Generated Answers Amid Higher Education Concerns

Summary by AfroTech
Nearly every student across two Alcorn State University summer history classes failed part of their midterm after falling for an AI trap hidden in their assignment. Dr. Jason Gibson, a history professor at the Mississippi-based Historically Black College and University, secretly embedded the word “Madagascar” in white font within an essay prompt asking students to compare the Industrial Revolution with today’s digital age. Students who copied an…
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AfroTech broke the news on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
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